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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2936 

To provide disaster relief to small businesses, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2019 

Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself and Mr. KING of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 

Business, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To provide disaster relief to small businesses, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Dis5 aster Relief Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DISASTER LOAN 

7 PROCESSING. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator 

9 of the Small Business Administration should use district 


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1 offices of the Administration whenever possible to expedite 

2 the processing of disaster loans under section 7(b) of the 

3 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)). 

4 SEC. 3. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER PORT5 ABILITY GRANTS. 

6 Section 21(a)(4)(C)(viii) of the Small Business Act 

7 (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)(viii)) is amended— 

8 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘as a re9 sult of a business or government facility down sizing 

10 or closing, which has resulted in the loss of jobs or 

11 small business instability’’ and inserting ‘‘due to 

12 events that have resulted or will result in a business 

13 or government facility downsizing or closing’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘At the 

15 discretion of the Administrator, the Administrator 

16 may make an award greater than $100,000 to a re17 cipient to accommodate extraordinary occurrences 

18 having a catastrophic impact on the small business 

19 concerns in a community.’’. 

20 SEC. 4. DISASTER ASSISTANCE TO CRITICAL ENTERPRISES. 

21 Section 237 of the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 (15 

22 U.S.C. 636d) is amended— 

23 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub24 section (c); and 

25 (2) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Farmers Home Adminis2 tration’’ and inserting ‘‘Farm Service Agency’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘major disaster’’ and in4 serting ‘‘major disaster or is vital to recovery 

5 efforts in the disaster area (including providing 

6 debris removal services, manufactured housing, 

7 gasoline, telecommunications, or building mate8 rials),’’; and 

9 (C) by striking ‘‘Loans authorized’’ and all 

10 that follows through ‘‘pursuant thereto.’’ and 

11 inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 

13 any other provision of law, loans authorized by this sec14 tion— 

15 ‘‘(1) shall be made without regard to limitations 

16 on the size of loans which may otherwise be imposed 

17 by any other provision of law or regulations promul18 gated pursuant thereto; and 

19 ‘‘(2) may waive any required evaluation of cred20 itworthiness in exchange for a fee, as set by the 

21 Small Business Administration or the Farm Service 

22 Agency, as applicable.’’. 

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